"Where would any of us be, without a woman? Why, even Father Lonergan had a mother ."

Ben Carson, running for President, has decided to break with the rest of the Republican field and endorse a minimum wage increase . Meanwh...

On Roman History . While you're there, read this article on the Fall of Rome. Roman historians recognized what they considered to be ...

Sorry to see Farage go, but George Galloway will not be missed . I like that a wave of nationalism swept the UK in response to the Labour a...

A US Army colonel goes on C-SPAN, with hilarious very sad results . Kudos to Col. Petkosek for putting up with the callers.

My Representative, Doug Collins, on religious freedom and the void that used to be the Constitution.

I have returned from five days in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. During this time I crossed Clingman's Dome on the Appalachi...

If the Garland shooting of two would-be jihadists in the parking lot of a Mohammed-cartoon-drawing contest was a mousetrap , then it was a c...

I'm a big fan of "The Great Courses." Naturally, I enjoy writing reviews on their website and appreciate the helpful reviews ...

Welcome to the Cathedral of May , that fine time of year with no equal except October, and with the summer instead of the winter in front of...

Extensive research shows that using harsh verbal discipline and physical hostility is counterproductive to good parenting. It increases the ...

Archaeologists claim to have discovered tools that pre-date the genus homo .

"Safe places" are all the rage, as young people struggle to find a refuge from disturbing ideas on campus and enforce orthodoxy on...

As long as the grass grows and the river runs...

So, is this flight delayed? Guess so, but they won't call it or let you know for how long. Will I make my connection? Who knows! It...

On the strength of my recent enjoyment of BBC documentary, a British friend recommends to me this 13-part series from the BBC on Western Civ...

Playing off the popularity of the BBC's excellent production of "Wolf Hall," about Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Ch...

When you're a scientist, sometimes it's good to be the king , if it means you get to look under a different rock from the one that a...

So, the question that I am curious about in the wake of this latest Clinton scandal is about options for fixing things should we determine ...